October 25 2005
On Tuesday 25 October 2005, the International Institute for Strategic Studies launched the new edition of The Military Balance 2005/2006, the annual assessment of the military capabilities and defence economics of 169 countries world-wide.
The book is a region-by region analysis of the major military and economic trends and developments affecting defence and security policies and the trade in weapons and other military equipment. Comprehensive tables portray major military training events and give key data on weapons and defence economics. Defence expenditure trends over a 10 year period are also shown.
A detailed press statement was made by Dr John Chipman, Director of the IISS. Dr Chipman, along with Col. Christopher Langton, Editor of The Military Balance, and other senior IISS staff members then took questions.
2005/ 2006 Military Balance subscription prices:
Institution subscription price £170/ $280
Personal subscription price £95/ $158
The Military Balance is the unique and vital resource on which informed public debate of the world's armed forces is founded. Up-to-date figures and information on defence budgets, procurement totals, equipment holdings, and military deployments are presented clearly and succinctly. In the area of defense information, where nationally produced fictions often masquerade as facts, the Military Balance is the internationally recognized source of record."
William S. Cohen, former U.S. Secretary of Defense.
